ALMA Development Coordination Meeting

Development Upgrades of the Atacama Large
Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)

Coordination Meeting

Development Cycle 5 Project Proposals

November 09, 2016

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone (19:00 – 20:00 UTC)

Room 230, NRAO, 520 Edgemont Road

 

Ground Rules

In order to allow all participants to be able to view and hear the presentation, and to ask questions and hear responses, the North American ALMA Development Cycle 5 Call for Project Proposals Coordination Meeting will also host remote participants by means of a simultaneous video/teleconference (connection information below).

During the presentation portion of the meeting, participants' phones will be muted to reduce extraneous noise.

Questions

Should participants have questions about any portion of the presentation, please send an email message, including your question, to the moderator (Katelyn Sevin):

  • At appropriate intervals, the moderator will invite participants, one by one, to allow the questions to be asked.
  • All questions and answers will be posted, as soon as possible following the meeting, to the FAQ.

Katelyn's email address: ksevin@nrao.edu

Participation Instructions

Participants joining the meeting from a remote location may use either a telephone OR video conference link. Please do not use both - this creates distracting feedback. We recommend establishing your link at approximately 1:55pm (5 minutes prior to the scheduled start time):

  • To join the AUDIO portion of the meeting
    • call-in number: (434) 817-6283
    • Video Conference Coordinates: 192.33.117.12##6516
  • To VIEW the presentations, download from PDF links (below)

    Agenda

    2:00pm    Program Overview and Call Mechanics (Randolph) PDF

    2:20pm    ALMA Development Program Review - 'The Big Picture' (Wootten)  PDF

    2:45pm    Questions from participants


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